The NIS5021 Series eFuse is a cost effective, resettable fuse which can greatly enhance the reliability of a hard drive or other circuit from both catastrophic and shutdown failures.
It is designed to buffer the load device from excessive input voltage which can damage sensitive circuits. It includes an overvoltage clamp circuit that limits the output voltage during transients but does not shut the unit down, thereby allowing the load circuit to continue its operation.
Features
Benefits
Low Rds(on)
Reduces of conduction loss and voltage drop for a given current
Low quiescent current
Reduces overall bias current of the system
High continuous current driving capability
Allows driving large loads including capacitive loads without SOA concerns
Tri-state EN/FLT pin
Allows paralleling of eFuses as well as synchronizing turning on and off
Applications
End Products
Auxiliary overcurrent protection and SATA power on backplane
SATA Power Hot-Plug and Overcurrent Protection for HDD/SSD
Power supply overcurrent protection
Hot plug fans for servers
Overcurrent protection for industrial power supplies, motor control